176 MOLLUSC A FROM THE CRAG. 



AsTARTE BOREALis. Forbes. Mem. Gcol. Surv., vol. i, p. 413, 184C. 



— coMPiiESSA. Macffill. Moll. Abcrd., p. 2G1, 1843. 



— — T/wrpe. Brit. Mar. Couch., p. 247, 1844. 



— cYPiUNOiDEs. Ducal. Revue Zool. Cuv. Soc, p. 278, 1841. 



— — Hanleij. Recent Shells, Suppl., pi. xiv, fig. 40. 



— coKUUGATA. Loveii. Ind. Moll. ScauJ., p. 37, 1846. 



— — MuUhiuUirjt'. Mem. de I'Acad. Imp. St. Petersb., p. .')62, t. xvii, 



figs. 4—10, 184!). 



— ARCTICA. i»/o//6/-. Ind. Moll. Groenl., p. 1!), 1842. 



— — Fori, and Uanl Hist. Brit. Moll., vol. i, p. Mil, pi. xxx, lig. 7, 1848. 



— LACTKA. Broil, and Sow. Zool. Joiirn., vol. iv, p. 30."), 1829. 



— — Gray. .App. to Becchey's Voy. Zool., p. 1 J2, t. xliv, fig. 19, 1839. 



— SEMISULCATA. Gray. List Brit. Moll., p. 92, 18.J1. 

 Crassina ARCTICA. Gray. Append, to Parry's Voyage. 



— — Ilanley. Recent Shells, vol. i, p. 88. 



— BouEAMs. Nikon. Nov. Act. Holm., p. 188, pi. ii, figs. 3, 4, 1822. 



— coMi'KKSSA. Brown. Illust. Brit. Conch., pi. xviii, figs. 4, ;">, 1827. 



CORRUGATA. I<l. ,, „ pi. Xvi, fig. 1 ,, 



— WiTHAMi. Smith and Brown. Mem. Wcru. Soc, vol. viii, p. ^>7, pi. i, figs. 24, 2.'i, 



1838. 



— SEMISULCATA. Leach, in Ross's Voy., Append., p. 17.">, 1819, (fide Gray.) 

 Tridonta BOREALIS. Schwn. Essai d'un Nouv. Syst. des Hab. des Vers. Test., p. 146, 



pi. xvii, fig. 1 a — b, 1817. 



&pec Char. Testa crassd, cordato-Mgond, inaquilaterali, postice longiore, subcompressd, 

 lunuld elongatd, profundi excavaid ; margine integerrmo. 



Shell thick, somewhat triangularly heartshaped, slightly compressed, inequilateral, 

 posterior side the longer ; a deep and elongated lunule ; margin smooth. 



Length, \\ inch; height, \\ inch. 



Localities. Mam. Crag, Bramerton, Bridlington. 



Clyde Beds, Opslo, Uddcvalla. 

 Recent Arctic Seas, Britain, Nova Zcmbla, Behring Straits, {Middendorf.) 



This appears to be comparatively a modern species. In its living state it is deci- 

 dedly a Boreal shell, although it is occasionally obtained alive in our own seas. As a 

 fossil it is not at all rare in this country, cither from Norwich or from the Clyde beds. 

 Like most of the species of this genus, it is subject to considerable variation, not only 

 in its outward form but in the markings of its exterior. 



The specimens in my Cabinet from near Norwich, are generally uniform in shape, 

 and when not decomposed, the outside is nearly smooth, with scarcely the appearance 

 of ridges, but in the Bridliugton shells, a very material diflference is exhibited, even in 

 the few specimens that I ])ossess. The more common form is somewhat rounded, 

 having a height only a little less than the length, but that which has been called 

 ./. inthaini is not only comparatively much longer, but has the posterior side sloped off 

 to a rounded point (fig. 2 c, d), and this lias the umbo covered with distinct ridges 

 extending over a fourth of tlic exterior, while the one from Norwich is in that part 



